JPH0451129Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a stack packing device used for collecting and bundling continuously supplied sheet materials such as printed books.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, printed books continuously discharged from a printing press folding machine are collected in an appropriate number, bundled, and sent to the next process. Normally, this stacking of printed books is carried out by a worker who collects the printed books by hand, piles up an appropriate number of copies, and then binds the accumulated printed books using a binding machine.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, the manual method by workers
This is not desirable as it imposes heavy labor on the workers, and automation of this work has been desired.

By the way, in order to automate the stacking of printed books, it would be possible to send the printed books one after another horizontally to an area surrounded by vertical guides and stack them. The books must be transported to an area surrounded by an arch where the binding bands of the binding machine run, making it difficult to automate this work.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a packing device for a stack of materials, which is capable of bundling sheet materials such as printed books and the like.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention, which has been made to achieve the above object, supports a rotary disk rotatable about a vertical axis and a collection of objects arranged at intervals apart from the rotational axis of the rotary disk. a pair of support stands fixed to the rotary disk and having at least a vertical portion located deep between the pair of support stands; Packing of an aggregate, comprising: a packaging machine equipped with connection ports connected to both ends of an arch; and a moving device for moving the packaging machine between an operating position connecting the connection ports to the arch and a standby position remote from the arch. The gist is the device.

[Effect]

In the packaging device configured as described above, the rotary disk intermittently moves the pair of supported supports between a stacking position for receiving supplied sheet materials and a binding position for binding the stacked sheet materials (accumulations). Thus, after the sheet material has been accumulated on the pair of supports, the stack, together with the supports and the arch behind them, can be moved to the binding position and stopped. The moving device moves the packing machine forward with respect to the support stand where the sheet materials are accumulated and is stopped at the bundling position, and connects the connection port of the packing machine to both ends of the arch located behind the support stand. As a result, a binding band passage is formed that surrounds the piles placed on the support base, so that the binding machine can wrap the binding band around the piles and bundle them.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below.
Although the illustrated embodiment is an application of the present invention to a device for collecting and bundling printed books, the present invention is not limited to this case, and can be applied to a device for collecting and bundling arbitrary sheet-like materials. It is.

1A and 1B are side views of an embodiment of the present invention, showing different operating states. FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1A. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a book supply device that horizontally feeds out the print books one after another, and 2
is a rotary disk that can rotate around a vertical axis,
Reference numerals 3A and 3B denote a pair of support stands that are spaced apart from each other at positions away from the rotational axis of the rotary disk 2, and 4 is a book stacked on the support stands 3A and 3B. In this embodiment, a pair of support stands 3A,
Two sets of 3B are provided so as to be point symmetrical with respect to the rotation axis -. The support stands 3A and 3B are each held by an elevating mechanism 5 such as a hydraulic cylinder and can be raised and lowered, and above the support stands 3A and 3B are provided with claws (not shown) for regulating the upper surface position of the stacked books. It is movably provided above and away from the printed book. Further, vertical guide plates (not shown) are arranged around the support stands 3A and 3B to guide the printing book 4 to appropriate positions. Turntable 2
is connected to a drive device (not shown) that rotates the rotary disk 2 intermittently by 90°, thereby moving the pair of supports 3A and 3B to position P1 as shown in FIG. , P2, P3, and P4 can be moved intermittently. Here, P1 is the stacking position of printed books, P2
is the play position, P3 is the binding position, and P4 is the discharge position.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a column fixed to the rotary disk 2, and numeral 7 denotes an arch fixed to the rotary disk 2 via the column 6.
The arch 7 is provided with a guide 8 for guiding a binding band of a binding machine to be described later, and in the illustrated embodiment is L-shaped with a vertical portion 7A and a horizontal portion 7B. This L-shaped arch 7 is arranged such that its vertical portion 7A is located at the back between the pair of support stands 3A and 3B, and the horizontal portion 7B is located below between the pair of support stands 3A and 3B. Therefore, the binding band coming out of the L-shaped arch 7 during binding will hang over the center of the printed book 4. Reference numeral 10 designates a packaging machine installed at the binding position P3, 11 a frame that holds the packaging machine 10 so that it can move toward and away from the rotary disk 2, and 12 a moving device that reciprocates the packaging machine 10. It is an air cylinder. Packing machine 10
A guide 13 for guiding a cable tie, and connection ports 14 and 15 for connecting to both ends of the L-shaped arch 7.
As shown in Figure 1B, the packing machine 1
0 toward the rotary disk 2, connect the connection port 14,
15 are connected to both ends of the L-shaped arch 7, it is possible to form a passage for a binding band surrounding the printing book 4. Furthermore, a guide 1 is provided inside the packing machine 10.
Feed roller 17 that supplies the cable tie 16 to 3 and pulls it back to apply tension, and guides 13 and 8
A joining/cutting unit 18 and the like is provided for joining the overlapping parts of the binding bands that have passed through the cable once and cutting off the following parts. Since these structures are well known, their explanation will be omitted.

Next, the operation of the packaging apparatus having the above configuration will be explained.

When the pair of support stands 3A and 3B are at the accumulation position P1, the printing books are supplied one after another from the printing book supplying device 1,
They are stacked on support stands 3A and 3B. On this occasion,
The stacking position of the printed books is regulated by a vertical guide (not shown), so that the printed books can be properly stacked. Further, if necessary, as the printed books are stacked up, the upper surfaces thereof may be pressed down by an appropriate means. When a predetermined amount of printed books 4 are accumulated, the upper surface thereof is held down by a claw (not shown), and the support stands 3A, 3B are pushed up to press the accumulated printed books 4. In this state, the rotary disk 2 rotates, and the printed books 4 pass through the position P2, reach the binding position P3, and stop. At this time,
The packaging machine 10 is in a retreated standby position as shown in FIG. 1A, and is in a position where rotation of the rotary disk 2 is not hindered. Next, the air cylinder 12 is operated to move the packing machine 10 toward the printing book 4, and
As shown in the figure, the connection ports 14 and 15 are connected to both ends of the L-shaped arch 7. This creates a channel for the binding band that surrounds the stacked and pressed books 4. Thereafter, the binding band 16 is fed into the path of the binding band surrounding the printing book 4 by the feed roller 17, and when its tip reaches the joining and cutting unit 18 and is fixed, the binding band is removed by reversing the feed roller 17. 16 is pulled back and tension is applied to the cable tie 16. For this reason, the cable ties 16 inside the guides 8 and 13
come out of these guides, are hung around the printing book 4 and are joined by the joining and cutting unit 18,
disconnected. With the above steps, the printed books 4 are bound. Thereafter, the packing machine 10 retreats to a position where it does not interfere with the rotation of the rotary disk 2, the rotary disk 2 rotates, and the bundled printed books 4 are discharged by a discharge device (not shown) at position P4. . By repeating the above operations, the printed books are accumulated, bundled, and discharged.

In the above embodiment, the booklet 4 is pressed between claws (not shown) that restrain the upper surface of the booklet 4 by pushing up the support stands 3A and 3B. The pressing mechanism is arbitrary; for example, a pressing means may be used that fixes the supports 3A and 3B in fixed positions and presses the printed book from above. In addition, in the above embodiment, an L-shaped arch 7 is used, but the shape of the arch 7 is not limited to an L-shape, but may be an inverted L-shape, or even just a vertical portion 7A. It may be an arch. In any case, the connection port 14 of the packaging machine 10,
By appropriately setting the length of 15, it is sufficient that it can be connected to both ends of the arch.

[Effect of idea]

As is clear from the above explanation, the packaging device of the present invention has a configuration in which a pair of support stands for accumulating sheet materials are mounted on a rotary disk, and an arch for guiding cable ties is arranged deep between the support stands. As a result, the support stand can be moved to the collection position and the bundling position by rotating the rotary disk, and the packaging machine, which is equipped with connection ports that can be connected to both ends of the arch, can be moved to the bundling position. The packaging machine can be moved and its connection ports can be connected to both ends of the arch to form a passage for the cable ties surrounding the pile, and the bag can be moved while the bag is placed on the support base. can be tied together. In this way, the device of the present invention has the effect of being able to accumulate and bundle sheet materials.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1A and 1B are side views of an embodiment of the present invention, showing different operating states. FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1A. 1... Book supply device, 2... Turntable, 3A, 3
B...Support stand, 4...Print book, 7...Arch, 7A
... Vertical part, 7B... Horizontal part, 8... Guide, 10... Packing machine, 11... Frame, 12...
...Air cylinder, 14, 15...Connection port, 16...
...Cable ties.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A rotary disk rotatable about a vertical axis; a pair of supports for supporting an aggregate, which are spaced apart from each other and located away from the rotational axis of the rotary disk; and fixed to the rotary disk. packaging, comprising: a cable tie guide arch having at least a vertical portion located deep between the pair of support stands; and a connection port disposed close to the rotary disk and connecting to both ends of the arch. 1. A device for packing piles, comprising a machine and a moving device for moving the machine between an operating position connecting the connection port to an arch and a standby position remote from the arch.